Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1943-03-26

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Vol. 22, No. 13
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Strictly Confideiitial
Tidbits Prom Bverynhere By Pblneas J. Biron
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Hs Sagacious indeed Is a com ment Dr, Chaim Weizmann has made on the non-Jewish view concerning things Jewish , • When, In a conversatlo,n with poUtical big. shots In Washing¬ ton, he was told that much oppo¬ sition from Jewish quarters had lately been directed against Zion he retorted: "In all civilized democracies the voice of the majority is enough to pass any law, , , But when it comes to pass any laiy . , ,Jewish affairs some of our non-Jewish friends demand that any proposal not only be approved by a majority, but be backed by unanimity" . All of which reminds us that, believe it or not, some Jews ob¬ ject to Anhur Szyk's drawings of Jewish subjects — because, they say, his Jews don't look suf¬ ficiently American , , . If a cer¬ tain plan goes through, you may have the opportunity to see m your own city a motion picture version of "We Shall Never Die" the pageant so successfully pre¬ sented at Madison Square Gar¬ den some weeks ago under the auspices of the Committee for a Jewish Army , , , Billy Rose, who stated the pageant created a sensation at a dinner recently by subscribing $2,500 to the Com¬ mittee and then making an ap¬ peal which brought in $11,000 fbr the same cause - , , NEWSY NOTES . . . fe Don't underestimate the Zion¬ ist achievement in getting sub¬ scriptions to $10,775,634.00 worth of War- Bonds as a result of a ¦ special drive conducted by the Zionist Organization of Amer¬ ica ,. , Treasury Department of¬ ficials consider this result out¬ standing for the amount it rep¬ resents is over and above what the same individuals subsrrioed to before the specific Zionist ap¬ peal was issued ... a nationwide celebration commemorating sev¬ enty-five years of the revitaliza- tion of the Hebrew language in this country will be held next monlh, and it'll be on a big scale, , • . This la your ^st chance to contribute to the^Ieyer Levin Fund sponsored by the United Jewish War Effort for the pur-, pose of sending a hundred medi¬ cal field units to Russia In the name of the late bombardier , , , Incidentally, the Hakoah Sport Club of America has presented to the Soccer Football Associa¬ tion a Meyer Levin cup whldi will be awarded annually ISLL^'^ winning team In an ellminaflbn contest . . . The cup, a nuge sil¬ ver piece worth several thous¬ and dollars Is the gift of Otto I. Herbst, a refugee from Austria ., THIS AND THAT . . . 1^ Have you seen "Tale of a City", the Office of War Infor¬ mation's Illustrated booklet on what has been' happening In Warsaw? . . ¦ Particularly grue¬ some is the account of conditions in the Ghetto there . . , And adds the OWI, "the Nazis were proud of the conditions they had created in the Ghetto; regular tours passed through Its twist¬ ed, somber streets, the sightseers being Germans who had settled in Poland or been brought there from bombed areas in the Reich" Abraham Goldberg's poathvunous work on the pioneers of Jewlah culture is now In the publisher's hands, and will be out some time In the fall , , , Greetings to Cur¬ rents, a new English-Jewlsh (Continued on Page 8)
Churches To Observe "Day of Compassion" For Jews
NEW YORK (JPS)—The exe cutlve committee of the Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America has Invited all Christian churches In this coun¬ try to set aside Sunday, May 2nd, as a "D^y of Compassion" for Jews In Europe, during which the Christians may "Join in uni¬ ted Intercession for.the victims of racial and religious persecu¬ tion as a special occasion for the expression of Christian soli¬ citude". A special form of pray¬ er has been suggested.
The day ot prayer was one part of a three-point program enunciated by the Council on be¬ half of the persecuted Jewries of Europe. Appealing to the governments of the United Sta¬ tes and Great Britain to consider offering financial assistance to Jewish refugees reaching neu¬ tral countries from Nazi-held territory, the Council asked for the establishment of temporary places of asylum for those evac¬ uated from Europe.
As a supplement to action, tak¬ en at the biennial meeting of the Council In Cleveland last Decem¬ ber, the Council asked for Joint American-British action at the forthcoming refugee conference in Ottawa along the following lines:
"To offer financial assistance for the support of refugees that neutral governments (for ex¬ ample, Switzerland or Sweden, Spain, Portugal and Turkey) may receive frorn areas uhder Nazi Control, as a result of infil¬ tration across their borders or of negotiations with the Axis peters, with the expectation tiiat, after the war, such retu- ,gees would be repatriated In their own countries,
"To provide places of tempor¬ ary asylum to which refugees whom It may be possible to evacuate from European coun¬ tries may be removed, these ref¬ ugees to be supported in camps for the duration of the war, with the understanding that they will then be repatriated In their own country or be provided with per¬ manent homes in other ways,"
In connection with the an¬ nouncement of a six-polnt pro¬ gram for American participation in an international political al¬ liance of all nations to pre.'serve world peace, the Federal Council a.sked for autonomy for subject peoples and religious and intel- lecaual liberty. The postwar pro¬ gram was made, public by John Foster Dulles, chairman of the Council's Commission to Study The Bases of a Just And Durabla Peace,
Dealing In a general way with the problem of maintainlhg re¬ ligious liberty, the Council com¬ mittee said, "It Is not a matter of purely domestic concern, and governments and parties must| recognize this if the world is to achieve a durable" peace".
tVAS HONORED LAST TUESDAY  EVENING
WISE RECEIVES $300,000 CHECK FOR BOAIBER
NEW VOBK (JPS)—Observ, ing his 60tl\ birthday, Dr. Steph¬ en S. Wise received a check for $300,000 from the women's di¬ vision of the American Jewish Congi'ess toward the purchase of an American bomber, to be nam¬ ed after the Congress. It was announced that 69 office workers and 60 students at the Jewish In¬ stitute of Religion headed by Dr, Wise, had given a pint of blood to the Red Cross in hla honor.
Albert Schiff
^ well-deserved tribute was paid last Tuesday night to Al¬ bert Schiff, one of Columbus leading Jewish citizens, at a meeting which filled the Desh¬ ler-Walllck Hotel Ballroom to capacity. The occasion was a public demonstration of the love, affection and the high esteem In which Mr. Schiff is held by this community.
In appreciation for his many years of devotion to the cause of our people and to the Pales¬ tine Ideal, his keen Judgment, practical advise and the kindly manner which always made the approach TO'^hlm so easy, thej Cohimbus Zionist District dedi¬ cated a class of 150 new mem¬ bers In his honor that evening.
The group singing, led by Mrs, Estelle Fisher Goorey, accom¬ panied by her son, Louis: greet Ings and Introductions by Roy J. Stone, president of the Colum¬ bus Zionist District; piano selec¬ tions by Master Aaron Cohen; presentation of Albert Schiff Class and prize awards by Ben Grossman, chairman of Member¬ ship Campaign Committee; ac¬ ceptance of Class by Albert Schiff; the touching vocal num¬ bers by Rabbl and Cantor Jacob L. Baker; the appropriate skit "We Will Remember" by ^Columbus Chapter of Hadassah; and ast but not least, the splen¬ did ind very inspiring message ot the guest speaker, Dr, Israel Goldstein of New York City r- all provided, its listeners With an evening long to be remembered
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JOINT COMMITTEE FOR EUROPEAN AFFAIRS ORGANIZED TO IMPEL AMERICAN ACTION
NEW YORK (JPS)—A .lolnt Committee for European Affairs, consisting of the leading organi¬ zations In American Jewish life, has been formed to arouse the conscience of the United States on behalf of the Jews of Europe and to initiate Immediate mass action for the rescue of a maxi¬ mum number of those who can still escape trom Nazi-held terri¬ tories. In response to to the in¬ itiative of Dr. Chaim Weizmann, President of the Jewish Agency for Palestine and the World Zion¬ ist Organization, these bodies havo combined forces to speed measures for the protection of Jews abroad.
The membership in the Com¬ mittee consists of the American Jewish Congress, the Ainerlcan Jewish Committee, the B'nal B'rith, the American Emergency Committee for Zionist Affairs, Ihe Jewish Labor Committee, the Synagogue Council of America, the Union of Orthodox Rabbi.';, the United Palestine Appeal and, in the capacity of observer, the Joint Distribution Committee. These constituents, each of which wili be represented on the Joint Committee by three per.sons, have already met and taken preliminary action to im¬ plement , steps proposed. A working committee and various subcommittees are In the pro¬ cess of formation and details ot
public action will soon be made •known.
It Is understood that the im¬ petus for the new organization, which represents Jews of every political grouping, came from a meeting called by Dr. Weizmann in New York several weeks ago. Present at that time were a num¬ ber of Jewish leaders, including Dr. Stephen g. Wise, President of the American Jewish Con¬ gre.ss; Dr. Nahum Goldman, Chairman of the Administrative Committee of the World Jewish Congress; former Judge Joseph ProsHrauer, • President of the American Jewish Committee; Rabbi Israel Goldstein, Presi¬ dent of the Synagogui Council of America; Gedalla bubiick of the Mizrachi Organization; Mor¬ ris Waldman, General Secretary of the American Jewish Commit¬ tee; Adolph Held, Chairman ot the Jewish Labor Committee; Louis Fabricant of the B'nal n'rith; Meyer Welsgal, and oth¬ ers..
It is reported that all of the groups invited to attend have , accepted membership and that the Joint Distribution Commit¬ tee will shortly become one of tho constituent bodies.
Uni(|ue in American life, this new super-body will direct the energies ot American Jewry to¬ ward mass action In which all segiments are .said to concur.
Fosdick Warns Against Postwar Race Hatred
Auxiliary Appeals For Contributions To yVar Service
Zi(ip Lodge, B'nal B'rith Aux- iliary is now busily engaged in a very worthwhile war service activity, that ot furnishing com¬ pletely a recreation room for the 1174th Squadron at Lockbourne Air Base. When completed It will accommodate over 350 men dally.
The committee of the Auxil¬ iary In charge ot this undertak¬ ing Is appealing to Columbus Jewish community for contribu¬ tions ot sofas, chairs, writing tables,, lamps, mirrors, pictures, ash trays, magazines, etc. This project Is to be completed by April 15th.
The following will gladly re¬ ceive your contribution: Mrs. J. D. Schecter, EV. 2000; Mrs. M. Furman, EV, 4003; Mrs. M. Ros¬ enthal, FA, 9225; Mrs. L. Lubow, FA. 0987-
NEH' VOKK (JPS)—The Rev. Dr. Harry Emerson Fosdick, pastor of the Riverside Church ot this city and world-famous theologian, declared that mass hatred of the enemy by the Americans, once in control of the American mind, would not stop with the end ot the war, but would flow over into hatred of minority groups such as Jews and Negroes.
"The furious haters of Japs and Germans, when those special enemie! arc no longer a iiroblem, will not slop hating", he said. "Their hatred will still be in them like a thirst, demanding other satisfaction, and plenty of demagogues will be here to turn It to other groups — Jews, Neg¬ roes, Catholics, Protestants, or what you will".
Dr. Beckinan Td Aid' In Plans For Helping Small Business
High Honors Go To Broad St, Temple Sisterhood
Ever anxious to .co-operate in civic functions, the Tifereth Israel Sisterhood has again prov¬ ed Itself a winner. The Sister¬ hood was this week named sec¬ ond only to the champion. Itself, in the recent "Champion of Champions" contest sponsored by the Lazarus Victory Corner.
The Sisterhood won first place in Its original group contest ot last year, making it eligible for participation In this most recent contest closing a year of Bond and Stamp sales at the Victory Corner. Thirty-five organiza¬ tions participated in the final challen&e wherein the local Jew¬ ish organization sold over $36,000 worth of War Securities. A very (Continued on Page 8)
Dr. Theodore N. Beckman, ot Ohio State University, is one of the three membersot a sub-Com¬ mittee of the United States Sen¬ ate, chosen' lo plan immediate and long term loans for small firms forced out of business dur¬ ing the war because of rationing, quotas, concentration orders and other reasons.
The plan provides for two new corporations to be set up with¬ in the Federal Reserve Board. One, an Insurance corporation, with a fund of $100,000,000, would be set up to insure loans to small business at 15 times the maximum amount of capital and resources.
The second corporation would have the power to purchase up to $500,000,000 In loans from local banks. The banks. In turn, would be Insuring their loans in the Insurance corporation. Loans would be for the maximum ot 15 years; after the war 10 years. The rate ot Insurance would be one per cent part of the six per cent maximum charged to the small firms by local banks. Other   Plans   Offered
A second plan is similar to the first, except that the federal re¬ serve system would not be the parent organization. The finan¬ cing and Insurance corporations would be co-operating agencies. A third plan Is an adaption of the V plan now In operation' In the federal reserve systeja. It would provide loans to'subcon¬ tractors  on  war prqduction.
Dr. Beckman, one of the na¬ tion's leading authorities on business and industry, resides with his family at 21^8 Park¬ way North,
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